GE JBP19 Use And Care & Installation Manual

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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARETO YOUR OLD ONE?Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units. The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up andJf you are used to cooking with gas burners or other cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner ortypes of electric cooktops, you will notice some surface unit you have.differences when you use electric coils. The following chart will help you to understand the‘Ih)e of CooktopElectric Coil@0,Radiant(Glass Ceramic)CooktopoInduction\\\llll/,,/,\\\ \! l//,,,+,g$’”y~-- +,,, ,\\+\\\.-“+,,,l,,\\\Solid Diskof-(0Gas BurnersDescriptionFlattened metaltubing containingelectric resistancewire suspendedover a drip pan.Electric coilsunder a glass-ceramic cooktop.High frequencyinduction coilsunder a glasssurface.Solid cast irondisk sealed to thecooktop surface.Regular or sealedgas burners useeither LP gasor natural gas.differences between electric coil surface units and anyother type of cooktop you may have used in the past.How it WorksHeats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best cookingresults, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of warped pans than radiantor solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change heat \ettings as quickly as gas orinduction. Electric coils stay hot enough to continue cooking for a short time after they weturned off.Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware. so ptins must be flat on thebottom for good cooking results. The glas$ cooktop stay~ hot enough to continue cookingafter it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if jJOLI want cooking to stop.Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is produced h)a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats LIp right away and changes heatsettings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control off, the glass cooktop i~hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking ~tops right away.Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good cookingresults. Heats up and cools down more $Iowly than electric coils. The disk stays hotenough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the solid disk ifyou want the cooking to stop.Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatne~s is not critical to cooking results. but pansshould be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and chonge heat \etti ngsright away. When you turn the control off. cooking stops right away.How to Set theE* “l“SURFACE CONTROLSControlsPush the knob in and turn in At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” into position.either direction to the heat You may hear slight “clicking” sounds duringsetting you want. cooking, indicating the control is keeping the unit atBe sure you turn control to the heat level or power level you set.OFF when you finish cooking. Switching heats to higher settings always shows aThe surface unit “on” indicator light will glow quicker change than switching to a lower setting.when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.Cooking Guide for Using Heat SettingsHI—Used to begin cooking or to bring water to aboil. Reduce heat setting after water boils.Medium High—( Setting halfway between HI andMED) Maintains a fast boil on large amounts of food.MED—Saute and brown; keeps food at a mediumboil or simmer.Medium Low—(Setting halfway between MED andLO) Cook after starting at HI; cooks with little waterin covered pan.LO—Used for OFFlong slow cooking LO \(simmering) totenderize and develop —flavors. L~se this Medium *setting to melt butter mHI/1’j –Low / 1 \’ W MediumHigh/!\and chocolate or to 1’keep foods warm. MEDNOTE: The surface unit “on” indicator light mayglow between LO and OFF, but there is no power tothe surface units.8—